Archives for December 2014

Offering Americans accurate information on myths about the flu vaccine may actually make them less likely to get the vaccine, a recent experiment shows. What’s behind this paradoxical result? Read the article.

Just over half of all overdue debt that shows up on Americans’ credit reports is related to medical expenses, and many of the Americans whose credit scores have been affected would otherwise have a clean credit slate. These statistics have led to a call for new rules on how medical debt is factored into credit scores. Read the article.

Mars has long fascinated earthlings, particularly for the possibility that it may once have been home to life. While the jury’s still out on that possibility, NASA’s website has created an online photo gallery it calls “Mars As Art,” showing off the spectacular geologic formations of our next-door neighbor in the solar system. Take a look here.

Please bear with us while we retroactively post obituaries from back issues of Bowdoin Magazine. This process has currently skewed the chronology of our listings. We're working to fix the problem. In the meantime, please go to bowdoinobituaries.com and search by class year.